repackaging, labelling, and direct-to-consumer fulfillment, which are central to the industry's economic output, a puzzling disconnect emerges. function, are therefore difficult to measure in (BEA), total output for the warehousing industry additional insight into the growth of industry output. understate warehousing's role, particularly as facilities take on more coordination, throughput, operators to other industries, such as utilities, insurance, gasoline, and professional services; The output of the warehousing industry is, by Labor income earned by workers in the industry; definition, warehousing services. This includes receiving, storing, and shipping goods, along with other logistics services described in Section 1.1. manufacturers, or even to the output of most service industries like restaurants or healthcare, measure. Goods typically move in and out of these four categories. What this reveals is that changes facilities without changing ownership, meaning in labor income, which rose $76 billion (211%) from $36 billion to $112 billion, account for more than the at each stage. Warehouses themselves are often this period. Somewhat surprisingly, intermediate transfer pricing. Activities such as item sorting,